Favorite Space

One of my favorite spaces in our house right now is our new reading nook at the top of our stairs. When we looked at our house, the previous owners had two small desks as well as other office-type furniture and stuff in this location (keep in mind this was in addition to a complete office set-up on the main floor (which we now use as our dining room). It seemed as it served its purpose, but it just seemed cluttered and unnecessary to us. We weren't sure what to do with this space initially. Our internet had to be hooked up in this location, so we were tied to having to do some sort of at least mini-office set-up. We originally thought of a small desk. Then, after discussing with a friend, we decided that an office armoire might be the perfect fit. I was hesitant at first that the piece would just seem too big for the space. I decided to go looking for the perfect piece of furniture. The first store I went to had the perfect piece. It has a pull-out desk for working on the computer, a spot for the printer, router, time machine, and other utilitarian items ... with doors to be able to hide it all! It seemed too easy. The first store, and here is the piece of furniture that is just perfect for our space. Now to move on to seating. We debated between one versus two chairs, and a table. We opted for one chair, an ottoman, and a laptop table. Our friend helped us hang some family photos - and now we have the perfect reading nook (we do still need to add a lamp, but all in good time). 

Another favorite space of mine, that I wasn't planning on posting about (so the pictures don't show the full space) is our new kids play area. We went to play outside in the cold sunshine yesterday, and I love that they have a place to play and use their imaginations (though A didn't seem to want to do anything on it for more than 5 seconds at each location yesterday - maybe because it was cold?).